Jackson Jambalaya

At least as a 'half-white n*****', she needed no resume.

I can't believe I live here.

Not holding my breath waiting for any cover story from the JFP on this case.

I can't believe that Jackson Mississippi is the very definition of what the civil rights movement was about and more. Blacks control the council, they are the majority population, and pretty soon there won't be a white business left except Donna "please let me feel your pain because I know more than anybody" Ladd's JFP.

Total control, what more could they ask for? And how's that working out for them?

Just more of the same. "half-white n*****" Anyone really surprised?

Don't try to find a mover this week to get you out of Jackson. They are all already booked for weeks helping other people leave just as fast as they can.

A friend axed what I meant by that. Well, it ain't complicated. Thomas Sowell opined yesterday that since Zimmerman is a White Hispanic, then Obama must be a White African. Given that analysis, this woman who ran for council, being a 'half white n*****', like Obama, needed no resume to run for public office. Just throw a hat (as it were) into the ring.

to 8:57 PM...remember what Ron White said..."You can't fix stupid" and Jackson has been overrun by hoards of stupid people...

Nobody in my neighborhood is leaving, 12:22. We love it here. NE Jackson is a wonderful place to live. If other sections of the city suck, so be it. Living here is great.

Yeah, the roads in NEJax are in outstanding condition.

7:42am: You're sinking, you just haven't noticed yet.

The roads do suck 8:08. Granted. But the conveniences far outweigh the shitty roads, IMHO. Yes, JPD, the court system, the government, yada yada yada, all suck, but we pay no attention to these, and just enjoy living in the nicest area of the state.

Where is law enforcement and where is justice when thugs can invade voting precincts and influence voters, or run them off? My opinion is that there should be another vote for that position on the Council, monitored by appropriate officials. Wasn't it bad enough to have to put up with Kenneth Stokes? And now his wife was elected to replace him due to criminal activity in the polls?

We lived in a beautiful area of Northeast Jackson for many years, and we loved Jackson, until there were break-ins, muggings, car thefts and murders. The destructive element leaves no sought after area unblemished nor safe.

8:45
Freely admitting that everything related to the city government sucks, yet tripping through life merrily overlooking all those minor annoyances, is supposed to be a positive for Jackson?
Either I didn't get your sarcasm, or you must have come from a real shithole.

I think 8:45 has secured the services of a good dealer in hallucinogenic mushrooms. Nobody leaving? Northeast Jackson has more 'For Sale' signs than you see signs for politicians in the advance of an election. Nobody is leaving because they can't sell into the double whammy of a shit market in a shit, and getting shittier, city.

So is Chokwe and AKI Loomba. Genetically they are white-african. Kinda like white-hispanic on census.

9:30 boo! The boogie main gunna gitchew. You left. We stayed and love it. Enjoy the boring, antiseptic Stepford suburbs. We will enjoy our beautiful trees, differing architecture, and life style.

11:21
your 'boo!' may be coming. i lived in belhaven 20yrs and got fed up w local govt and crime 5-6 yrs ago and moved to madco; took a loss on jxn house, paid prime price for madco house, and couldnt care less or miss jxn less. it is true though i still face lots of theft up here-- deer eat all my tomatoes and a lot of our flowers. my hardwood trees are big as any in belhaven. plenty of arch. diversity where i live. giant yard and no one pan handling or checking out contenets of my garage. tag half as much as hindsco. you can have jacktown, just dont call a superior lifestyle antiseptic... you fondren hipster you!

How did we go from voter intimidation to treeless suburbs?

Focus, people.

I've been to the suburbs.
I saw trees.

3:47. Not in the cookie cutter (yawn) boring ass, all the same looking "new" developments (new = 25 years or younger).

I was just over in NE Jackson visiting an old friend who lives off Old Canton Road last week. This was my first time to be in the area in about a year. It made me both sad and glad. Sad how the area has gone down and very glad we decided to leave the area while the leaving was good about fifteen years ago. The roads are awful, and there were houses for sale on every street and I even saw vacate, boarded up homes, too.

If you think that area is the nicest in the state as 8:45 said, do yourself a favor and get out more.

6:27 summed it up perfectly.

As a native Jacksonian, it's bittersweet to travel into my home city.

What was once a great place to live, is now beyond repair. To the few that are left, please take a loss on
your home and get out immediately.

9:28 and 6:27 you are (again) talking to yourself. NE Jackson, according to Nix Tann and Charlotte Smith Realtors, is still hot as a firecracker.

If you ewant to see for sale signs, go to Madison county.

I am sorry you hate black people so much, that your world has become demented.

8:55 Oh, please. We all know if NE Jackson is as "hot as a firecracker" as you describe it's because there are houses on every street for sale, because their owners don't feel safe and are practically giving them away to leave the area. Want a buy a house for rock-bottom prices or a foreclosed, vacant, boarded up house for less than $30,000? NE Jackson is loaded with them. Just ride up Ridgewood Road or Old Canton Road and start looking.

Finally, most people don't have problems living around or working with any race if they live right, behave themselves, and don't steal their belongings, break into their cars, or try to hijack, kill, or rape their family members.

It's all about tools, and not the tools represented above.

If you drive into Madison/Madison County and roll your windows down, you hear hammers driving nails.

If you drive into Jackson and roll your windows down you hear burglary tools.

8:55
Let's see the actual sales records (how long on market, price, etc) rather than listen to what a realtor claims for an area.
What I hate is that you are such a jingo-spouting moron that everything in your little life centers around a supposed hatred of "black people". Give it a break.

Have you ever heard a real estate agent say "This is a bad time to buy a house?" If so, please document it.

FYI - there are many black people in Madison, even in the most expensive neighborhoods. Great neighbors, all of whom fled Jackson for the same reason the rest of us did. The "racist! racist!" bogeyman tag was worn out - I know it's been effective to silence opposition for a long time but you'll have to come up with something else for ad hominem attacks in the future.

aren't the crooks in madison county politics just a different color?

i've looked at houses in jackson and in madison county. homes aren't selling well either place. a bunch of overpriced houses in reunion that are gathering dust. bridgewater has a lot for sale too.

everybody has to justify their investment, and in this area, it seems the justification is made by criticizing what's over in the other county.

i dont mind larita cooper stokes. she never shows up anyway.